The public record of private refusals
They said no.
Keep it
on file.
Rejection letters, stories, and other evidence of not getting what you wanted.
Every “no” is raw material.
REJECTIONISM
PUBLIC ARCHIVEFILE UNDER:
NOT SELECTED
NO.PUBLIC ARCHIVEFILE UNDER:
NOT SELECTED
Refusal is
the record.KEEP THE LETTER.
KEEP THE SILENCE.
KEEP EVERYTHING.
the record.KEEP THE LETTER.
KEEP THE SILENCE.
KEEP EVERYTHING.
Selected from the archive
A strong field of other people.
Three interviews. One task. A carefully worded reminder that someone else exists.
Anonymous
Not quite right for our list.
The manuscript returned with all its words intact. Apparently that was the problem.
A. Nobody
Please resubmit your existence.
The document proving I was me required another document proving I was me.
Anonymous
3 illustrative entries
About the archive
Not a success story.
A paper trail.
Archive of No is the participatory heart of Rejectionism. A place for the letter, the story, or the silence that followed.
Professional, artistic, romantic, bureaucratic, existential. The system has many ways to say no. We intend to keep a record.
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